Major Life Events and the Age-Partisan Stability Association

Stable partisanship in the United States is often attributed to attachments to political parties that become slowly and incrementally stronger with age. Here, I show that switches in partisan identification can happen quickly after major life transitions even in old age and that this pattern of part...

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Published in:	Political behavior Vol. 41; no. 3; pp. 791 - 814
Main Author:	Hobbs, William R.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Springer Science + Business Media 01-09-2019 Springer US Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Age Elections Identification Life events Life transitions National elections ORIGINAL PAPER Partisanship Party identification Political identity Political parties Political Science Political Science and International Relations Political Science and International Studies Residential mobility Retirement Socialization Sociology Stability Voter registration Voters Socialization Partisanship Life events
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